Former Match Play 777 operator learns punishment for tax fraud tied to Stark business

• Stephanie Condric sentenced for tax fraud conspiracy.
• Canton-area woman entenced to four months in prison and four months on house arrest.
• Judge orders $159,555 in restitution to the IRS and forfeiture of $165,810 under terms of a plea agreement.

A woman who formerly operated an illegal gambling business in Stark County has been sentenced to four months in prison and four months on house arrest for defrauding the IRS.

U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent also ordered Stephanie Condric to pay $159,555 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service and forfeit $165,810 under terms of a plea agreement. She will spend two years on parole.

She was sentenced Wednesday in Cleveland.

The Canton-area woman managed, and later co-owned, Gametastic, formerly at 4220 12th St. NW in Canton Township. The business was also known as Match Play 777.

According to court documents and statements made in U.S. District Court in Cleveland, Condric and co-conspirators did not report to the IRS the cash wages paid to Gametastic’s employees, which caused the business to underpay employment taxes.

She also filed false personal tax returns that concealed some of the income she received from the operation.

Numerous Stark County-area residents have faced federal charges tied to the once-popular skills games shops. The charges came after federal agents raided several skill game parlors in July 2018.

Christos Karasarides Jr. and Ronald DiPietro were among those convicted and recently sentenced.

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Karasarides was sentenced to nearly 22 years in federal prison, ordered to repay the IRS more than $5.4 million and required to forfeit property. He was convicted of tax evasion, gambling, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction.

DiPietro was sentenced to more than nine years prison and ordered to repay $4.76 million to the IRS and forfeit $20,000 seized at his home. He was convicted of conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business, operating an illegal gambling business, tax evasion and preparing false income tax returns for Karasarides.

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